diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ef03c4db2..7aa5ae6e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2016-07-23  Daniel Shahaf  <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
 
+	* unposted: Completion/Debian/Type/_deb_packages: Minor
+	optimization.
+
 	* 38913: Completion/Unix/Command/_pkg-config: Complete variables
 	for --variable.
 
diff --git a/Completion/Debian/Type/_deb_packages b/Completion/Debian/Type/_deb_packages
index d82515cef..bdc0cb00c 100644
--- a/Completion/Debian/Type/_deb_packages
+++ b/Completion/Debian/Type/_deb_packages
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ _deb_packages () {
 
   typeset -gH $cachevar
 
-  _tags packages && compadd "$expl[@]" - "${(@P)cachevar}"
+  _tags packages && compadd "$expl[@]" -a - $cachevar
 }
 
 _debs_caching_policy () {